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[Postcard with an Image of Marshalltown Fire Department Personnel]

Description: Postcard with an image of the firemen of the Marshalltown Fire Department in Marshalltown, Iowa. There are six firemen in this photograph, one is sitting in the driver's seat of the fire truck while the other five men are standing in front of the truck. The truck itself is holding a fire hose and a couple of ladders loaded on the bed. The caption on the bottom of the photo reads: "Modern Equipment of Hose Co. No. 1 - Marshalltown, IA."
Date: [1909..1912]
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of an Old Fire Station in Iowa]

Description: Postcard with a picture of an old fire station in Marshalltown, Iowa with a caption on the picture that reads: "The Still Alarm." There is an old fire truck coming out of the left garage with six firemen riding on it, and there is also a boy standing by the entrance to the garage in street clothes.
Date: [1909..1912]
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Canadian River in Borger, Texas]

Description: Postcard image taken from a curving dirt road of several oil derricks in front of a river, between hills, labeled at the top as "View showing Canadian River and valley north of Borger, Texas." A note on the back is addressed to Betty in Iowa with the text "Dear Pal. card received and I want you to send me the [...] saved for me [...] use the rest for postage. Sincerely Mary Alice [Robeson], Box 537, Phillips, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: Robeson, Mary Alice
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Railroad Survey Crew Poses with Survey Tools, c. 1902

Description: Six members of a Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf survey crew pose around their surveying tools for a professional portrait, c. 1902. The crew worked in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In Texas, they worked a ten-mile stretch between Dallas and Fort Worth. Two of the crew members remained in the area and founded the town of Irving along the tracks in 1903.
Date: 1902~
Partner: Irving Archives

[Freedom Rock by Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II, 2]

Description: Photograph of the original Freedom Rock by Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II. The painting on the rock depicts two scenes: A member of the New York Fire Department waking with an American flag (left), and a group of people wearing colonial clothing in a sailboat (right). Above the left panel, a quote reads, "'Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of fre… more
Date: 2004
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Freedom Rock by Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II, 4]

Description: Photograph of the original Freedom Rock by Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II. The painting on the rock depicts three scenes: A military pilot flying a plane, and a building structure exploding behind him (left); a member of the New York Fire Department waking with an American flag (center); and a group of people wearing colonial clothing in a sailboat (right). Above the center panel, a quote reads, "'Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, me… more
Date: 2004
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Freedom Rock by Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II, 6]

Description: Photograph of the original Freedom Rock by Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II. The words, "Thank you veterans," have been painted toward the bottom of the rock. On the right side of the rock are the words, "Painted by: Ray 'Bubba' Sorensen II." Part of a quote can be seen on the left side of the rock, and part of an American flag can be seen painted on the top. A field can be seen behind the rock in the background of the photograph.
Date: 2004
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard from Benjamin Etter to Frank Etter - November 1918]

Description: Postcard from Benjamin Etter to Frank Etter in Dallas County, Iowa, sent in care of Harry Keller, discussing daily life in Camp MacArthur. The front of the postcard depicts field artillery at Camp MacArthur, Waco, loaded on wooden wagons with a company of soldiers organized behind the artillery.
Date: 1918-11-XX
Creator: Etter, Benjamin
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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